Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves face off at Target Center, Minneapolis, MN on Friday, January 12th, 2024 8:00 PM ET .
Who’s Playing
Portland Trail Blazers @ Minnesota Timberwolves
How To Watch ?
- Date & time : Friday, January 12th, 2024 8:00 PM ET
- Arena : Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
- TV & radio channel : Bally Sports North, ROOT SPORTS/ROOT SPORTS Plus, SiriusXM, Wolves App / iHeart Radio
- Live Stream: FuboTV
Portland Trail Blazers – Minnesota Timberwolves injury report :
Portland Trail Blazers injury report :
Robert Williams: Out (Knee)
Moses Brown: Out (Wrist)
Deandre Ayton: Doubtful (Knee)
Jabari Walker: Questionable (Knee)
Minnesota Timberwolves injury report :
Jaylen Clark: Out (Achilles)
Portland Trail Blazers – Minnesota Timberwolves starting lineups :
The following were the starters for both teams in their previous games:
Portland Trail Blazers starting lineup :
S. Henderson, PG #0 A. Simons, SG #1 T. Camara, SF #33 J. Grant, PF #9 D. Ayton, C #2
Minnesota Timberwolves starting lineup :
A. Edwards, SG #5 K. Anderson, SF #1 N. Alexander-Walker, SF #9 J. McDaniels, PF #3 K. Towns, PF #32
Game prediction : Portland Trail Blazers – Minnesota Timberwolves
Spread : +15 (-112) (POR)
Over/Under (Totals) : 221.5
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